Choking during feeds, any advice?

Hope everyone is doing well. I had to give up breastfeeding because my supply wasn't satisfying my little girl, I was really disappointed but Aria was 10lb when she was born so I was expecting that she would be a very hungry baby. We had to try a number of bottles because she wouldn't latch to all of the standard options we eventually settled on MAM slow flow anti colic bottles and they've been amazing. The problem is during most feeds she seems to gulp the formula down and ends up choking so that I have to quickly hold her belly facing down. It's such an awful noise and I feel terrible that she might be panicking or in pain, I've tried taking the bottle out every so often and winding her or feeding her as soon as I notice hunger cues incase it slows her down a little but nothing has worked. Has anyone ever had a similar situation with their little one? It's horrible to think she might be choking. :( thanks ladies.

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My 2 do this. They have reflux and are on medication for it. Basically the milk starts to come back up their osophageous making them choke. My boys vomit with it to. It may not be that though but worth a shot investigating as my 2 are pain with it xx

My dd (dear daughter) chokes on most her feeds, she doesn't make a sound apart from the first couple of seconds and then she goes red. A couple of times her lips go bluish tinge too. Spoke to MW (midwife) and hv both have said its normal and they're still practising the swallowing technique. But ive said to oh next time we have a chocking episode where it doesn't fix itself within say 10 seconds I'm calling ambulance and see what they say cos it's hard to stay calm (only way to get her breathing is to hold her tilted back slightly and wait as moving her around/patting etc seems to make it worse) and she goes sleepy afterwards. If you have concerns speak to health professional, if she's just coughing / spluttering it's prob ok tho and it's where she's gulping too much at once. You could try leaning her up right more xx

Vikki - reflux is awful isn't it. My ds (dear son) had it really bad and ended up on quite a few meds for it. Never really fixed things just helped a little. Dd projectiles regularly but doesn't seem to have the pain ds (dear son) had so we aren't sure if it's reflux. She's quite a chilled / content bubs but is sick regularly and chokes. Have you tried lactose free milk for twins? It helped ds (dear son) (well I went on lactose free diet as bf) xx

We have had this with Eva. Went to pedeatrics and they were unconcerned, said they had to stop breathing for at least 20 seconds before it's an issue. Although they said she is perfectly healthy and thriving I have completely lost my confidence with her. It's slowly returning. I'm using the mam bottles too and noticed an inprovement, and changed her milk as aptamil was giving her bad wind.

The hospital said possible silent reflux, and recommended stretching out her feeds to 3oz every 4 hours according to her weight last week. When I tried this it was a nightmare, she was so stressed by the time feeding came she gulped more. So I've decided to go back to going with the flow, following hunger cues and always offering a 3oz bottle, although she sometimes seems a bit hungry after some. Will wait to speak to my health visitor tomorrow. Raising her crib end and keeping her upright for a while after bottle seems to help

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